You must not look too closely, because colors get visible
That happens with any anti-aliasing. After using a Mac for some time, what bothers me about ClearType to no end is that for some fonts, the colors are painfully visible without looking closely. Without exaggeration, it looks like shit smeared on the text.
And in any case sub-pixel color artifacts were a fact of life for decades when we were all using CRTs. I don't remember anyone complaining about all those visible phosphors then.
Regardless: am I the only one who doesn't see much value here? The icons earlier were arguably more readable, but the colors are nonetheless a little distracting. And I have a strong suspicion from comments (some very positive, some like me much less impressed) that these images are being tuned very heavily to a particular LCD design, or pixel pitch, and aren't as generically useful as people think.
This font should work fine on any standard LCD, as long as the OS is not trying to apply any other kind of sharpening or AA overtop of it. However, it will only work correctly if it's rendered 1:1 at the resolution of the monitor -- it can't be scaled at all, so the final size will be dependent on the ppi of your display.
That happens with any anti-aliasing. After using a Mac for some time, what bothers me about ClearType to no end is that for some fonts, the colors are painfully visible without looking closely. Without exaggeration, it looks like shit smeared on the text.